Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them

Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by carabiner on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:07PM (#41419922)

This was all caused by the CAFE emissions standards that allow cars with bigger footprints to emit more. Nobody wants bigger trucks, and in the Tacoma community it's a standard refrain to bemoan just how fucking big they've gotten. They aren't compact trucks anymore. They're midsize today. Compact trucks do not exist.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by AstralJaeger on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:18PM (#41420011)

I miss the days where PickUps were the size of the Fiat Strada and didn't have a turning radius of an Abrams M1 battle tank.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by boojums on Monday September 02, 2024 @12:52AM (#41422681)

If my math is right, the Abrams has a tighter turning radius than a Miata due to how its steering works. The Miata is around 15ft while an Abrams turning would inscribe a circle with a radius of 14ft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEC9cCRwfkE

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by 0xbadcafebee on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:30PM (#41420103)

A picture is worth a thousand words: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpUOgrdUYAELoAQ.jpg:large

These two have the same bed length: https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/E...

I own a 2020 F150 and I hate how big it is. Turning radius is pathetic. You have to climb into the bed like you're scaling a mountain. There's two sets of steps to get into the front seat (which is gigantic, like it's made for someone 300lbs). I can't see what I'm backing up to. God help any little kid or animal in front of my truck, I'm not seeing 'em. Literally all I wanted was 2000+lbs payload and 4x4, and this was the best option.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by CRConrad on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @09:10AM (#41434622)

> A picture is worth a thousand words: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpUOgrdUYAELoAQ.jpg:large

I'm fairly sure that image is rather heavily manipulated.

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